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UO alumnus named business college dean

A University of Oregon alumnus has been named the new dean of the Lundquist College of Business.

Cornelis A. “Kees” de Kluyver will take over as dean on Sept. 1, succeeding Dennis Howard, who is completing a two-year appointment.

Provost James Bean said de Kluyver is uniquely qualified for the position, citing his previous positions as dean of business schools at Claremont Graduate University and George Mason University as well as his career in business.

At Claremont, de Kluyver added master’s programs in financial engineering and arts and cultural management, and raised more than $40 million in four years.

From 1986 to 1991, de Kluyver was a partner with Cresap Management Consultants, a Towers Perrin company with offices in New York and London. His work focused on clients in the high technology and service industries.

De Kluyver was born in the Netherlands and did undergraduate work at Nyenrode Business University before earning a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master of business administration degree from UO. He received another master’s degree and a doctorate in operations research from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

De Kluyver said he believes his experience in the business and academic worlds “will help me create a shared vision for the continued expansion of the college’s links to the Pacific Rim and (build) on Lundquist’s reputation in such areas as entrepreneurship and innovation, sustainability, sports business and securities analysis.”

The Lundquist College in-cludes 60 full-time faculty, and more than 4,300 undergraduate and graduate students.